It was a traffic accident that shocked and saddened two nations. Now, several days after the death of a Cuban volunteer doctor, the man driving her on that fateful morning is telling his story to News 5… And what he has to say totally contradicts the truck driver on the other side of the collision. […]
He was a police officer in the wrong place at the wrong time…and paid the ultimate price. Today, the widow of Corporal Fernando Rosado, killed in the line of duty in December 2001, received a cheque for over two thousand, five hundred dollars to help her cope with the loss. The money was presented by […]
While News 5 was visiting the Ombudsman’s office, we took the opportunity to ask Rodriguez to assess his experience after nearly four years of service. Paul Rodriguez “I think it has been largely a very positive experience for me. I would do it over again the same way. There are very few things that I […]
Thanks to millions of dollars of investment and a resurgence of civic pride over the last decade or so, Belize City is finally beginning to lose its image as a ramshackle hotbed of crime and urban decay. Today the City Council sought to accelerate that process by involving more of the community’s young people. Jacqueline […]
For all those beleaguered Belizean computer users still waiting for their dial up connection to connect, tonight there is one more reason to be jealous. The students of San Luis Rey Primary School in San Antonio, Toledo, today inaugurated their high speed satellite internet service. In ceremonies held this morning, Prime Minister Said Musa opened […]
Yesterday, in the wake of the discovery of a dead manatee north of Belize City, officials issued a warning to boaters to drive carefully along the coast. Apparently that warning came too late, as just before we went on the air last night another manatee corpse was washing up near the Princess Hotel. Today, that […]
Earlier in this newscast we heard the testimony of a hospitalised driver who gave his version of a fatal traffic accident. Now we return to the K.H.M.H. to hear from another patient, a stabbing victim who nearly lost her life on Wednesday. As in the first case, her version of events does not match that […]
There are few senses more precious than that of sight. The next story spotlights the work of one Belizean organisation that has helped thousands of people to see better, and thanks to continued investments in technology and networking, is actually reversing the process of blindness. Brent Toombs, Reporting Today, this is how the world looks […]
